Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for
twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died
in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow,
acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, commissioned his former
student Alexander Olch to make a film out of the pieces.
Starting in the Hamptons, in the town of Wainscott, the film
weaves Rogers’ footage into a journey through childhood
memories, a less than encouraging mother, a family background
of privilege, and Rogers’ persistent, dogged attempts to
document his own life. Rogers’ friend, actor and writer
Wallace Shawn, joins in the process, as the film investigates
the differences between documentary and fiction, and tells the
tragic story of Rogers’ life – a uniquely cinematic
experience.
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